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We sailed from our anchorage at eight 

 o'clock on Easter morning with high hopes and exuberant 

 spirits. At last we were headed for the reefs in the outer 

 harbor, where the Santa Maria was supposed to liel 



There was already a brisk wind from the northeast, 

 and as we worked our way toward Picolet point, Sea Diver's 

 bow rose and fell to the long ocean swells. Reef Diver fol- 

 lowed docilely along at the end of a forty-foot towline. 

 We were uncertain as to how much sea she would take, as 

 this was our first experience at towing her in the open 

 ocean, but we found that she rode easily and well. 



Ed and Captain Weems had plotted the course which 

 they thought Columbus might have taken on that far-off 

 night before Christmas. Three miles from Picolet point 

 they had drawn a course of 130 degrees to the western end 

 of the Limonade barrier reef, which encloses the entire 

 eastern section of Caracol harbor. From here the line angled 

 to 110 degrees, tracing a course through the deep-water 

 channel between the outer reef and the group of inner 



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